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Raekwon Davis – September 6, 2021 Download PDF version

Monday, September 6, 2021

DT Raekwon Davis

(Did you get to play with Patriots QB Mac Jones?) – “Yeah, I did. I did.”

(Tell me about him as a player. What did you learn about him out there on the practice fields and watching video and stuff?) – “Smart guy. Smart guy. He likes to take one play at a time. He’s an accurate guy. I loved playing with him at ‘Bama. He’s a funny kid.”

(You said funny. What was his sort of personality like?) – “He thought he was the Joker. Like he was into the Joker so he really thought he was the Joker. (laughter)”

(Inaudible) – “I mean yeah, he looked just like him, you know, so that was his thing. (laughter)”

(Like Heath Ledger Joker or a different?) – “No, like the Joker like the villain.”

(That’s what I’m saying. Like which one did QB Mac Jones kind of – there’s obviously different actors who played the Joker) – “Uh, yeah, I definitely don’t know his character on that. (laughter) No I don’t know his character on that, but that was his guy.”

(Have you talked to QB Mac Jones since he’s been named the guy there?) – “Just here and there. Not too much. Just here and there when I can.”

(Probably like “congrats,” that sort of thing?) – “Yeah.”

 

(On having QB Mac Jones, QB Tua Tagovailoa and QB Jalen Hurts in the quarterback room at Alabama now getting ready to start Week 1 in the NFL) – “Man, that’s crazy. It just – they earned it. They worked for it. That was their dream growing up so just watching them all get drafted and all developing, it’s just crazy.”

 

(Obviously you weren’t in the room, but just kind of being on that team, what was their kind of relationship like because you have a bunch of highly regarded recruits and quarterbacks all in the same room and each of them are kind of waiting for their opportunity. What did you see from all their relationships from afar?) – “They all were just great leaders. They always just took the offense and they always just pushed the offense to do well. They’re just all great leaders.”

(How different is this Week 1 game week for you compared to the same time last year?) – “For me, it’s just dialogue and just getting that playbook. Just one play at a time. That’s about it.”

(How much grief have you given LB Jaelan Phillips today or is it just ho-hum with spanking another team?) – “I just try to lead him. Just push him to go hard. That’s about it.”

(No, I meant about Alabama beating Miami.) – “Oh, (University of) Miami. No, he was there. Like he was watching it. (laughter) He was watching it. I’m not going to get into all that but he watching it, so he knows. (laughter)”

(Alabama beats the crap out of opponents so often. When you were doing that, did you ever have any sympathy, empathy? Did you ever at all feel bad for the other team?) – “(laughter) I don’t even know how to answer that. No, I mean, we just did our part. Coach (Nick) Saban, he just always preaches one play at a time. Beat your box. Just beat your man. That’s all we did.”

(But you just killed people. It seemed like it wasn’t even fair sometimes. There were so many five-star recruits. Did you ever look around and be like, “man, we’ve got a lot of five stars?”) – “No. To be honest, I never paid attention to all that. My thing is just building a team and building relationships with guys. We never just looked at all that.”

(When it comes to the Patriots rushing attack and what they try to accomplish, what’s kind of a key coaching point for this week against the Patriots rushing offense?) – “Stopping the run. Make them earn it. Make them earn every yard.”

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